Pausanias Analysis

Passage 8.35.6

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Passage 8.35.6: Tricoloni's Poseidon sanctuary; nearby Zoitea and Paroria founded by Tricolonus' sons.

Mythic Non-skeptical

Greek Text

πόλις δὲ ἦσαν καὶ οἱ Τρικόλωνοί ποτε· μένει δὲ αὐτόθι καὶ ἐς ἡμᾶς ἔτι ἐπὶ λόφου Ποσειδῶνος ἱερὸν καὶ ἄγαλμα τετράγωνον, καὶ δένδρων περὶ τὸ ἱερόν ἐστιν ἄλσος. ταύταις μὲν δὴ οἱ Λυκάονος παῖδες ἐγένοντο οἰκισταί, Ζοιτίαν δὲ ἀπωτέρω μὲν Τρικολώνων πέντε που καὶ δέκα σταδίοις, κειμένην δὲ οὐ κατʼ εὐθὺ ἀλλʼ ἐκ Τρικολώνων ἐν ἀριστερᾷ, Ζοιτέα οἰκίσαι τὸν Τρικολώνου λέγουσι· Παρωρεὺς δὲ ὁ νεώτερος Τρικολώνου τῶν παίδων Παρωρίαν καὶ οὗτος ἔκτισεν, ἀπέχουσαν Ζοιτίας σταδίους δέκα.

English Translation

The city of Tricoloni was also inhabited once; even up to our time there remains there upon a hill a sanctuary of Poseidon and a square-shaped statue, as well as a grove of trees surrounding the sanctuary. The sons of Lycaon founded this city. Zoitea, lying about fifteen stades further from Tricoloni, not directly ahead but to the left as one comes from Tricoloni, they say was founded by Zoiteus, the son of Tricolonus. Paroreus, the younger of Tricolonus' sons, founded Paroria, which lies ten stades from Zoitea.

Proper Nouns

Poseidon (Ποσειδῶν) deity
Zoiteas (Ζοιτέας) person
Lycaon (Λυκάων) person
Paroreus (Παρωρεύς) person
Zoitia (Ζοιτία) place Q8073335
Also in: 8.35.7
Paroria (Παρωρία) place Q3605950
Also in: 8.35.7
Trikolonon (Τρίκωλον) place
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